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We Day comes to Calgary on October 24, 2012
Click here to register your students for Alberta’s first We Day October 24, 2012 in Calgary.
We Day brings together students, educators, local businesses, prominent leaders and motivational speakers from around the globe - President Mikhail Gorbachev, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rick Hansen, Jane Goodall - to celebrate the power of young people to change the world. See this video clip. For more info contact Heather Tkachuk at 1.780.451.7125.
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Get involved in the ASBA
Two openings on ASBIE Board
Are you a trustee or secretary-treasurer interested in serving on the governing board for the Alberta School Boards Insurance Exchange? We are accepting applications until May 25, 2012. For a role description contact Marian Johnson.
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Legal videoconference May 18
Staff gossip and inappropriate dress
Lawyer Grace Cooke will present strategies school boards can implement to set and enforce a standard of staff behaviour. 12 to 1:30 p.m., May 18. Register here before May 10. Fee: $150 per site (includes GST)
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Workshop May 22 or May 31
How is your leadership team working?
Join Dr. Jim Beaubien and Karen Caesar to explore the PERMA leadership model. This dynamic duo have worked with the ASBA Board of Directors and staff with great success. Bring your leadership team. Fee: $150.00 plus GST. Two sessions are offered: Lethbridge: May 22, 2012 and Grande Prairie: May 31, 2012. To register contact: Elaine Pallister.
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Legal conference May 23/24
Collective bargaining: A legal view
Join the ASBA legal and labour team for this May 23/24 look at collective bargaining from a legal perspective. Explore the employer’s role; the union’s role; trends in collective bargaining; bargaining in bad faith and writing collective agreements.
Register here before May 15, 2012.
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SGM June 4/5
Trusteeship 2.0: Leading in a digital world
As of May 4, 242 folks have registered for the ASBA’s Spring Meeting in Red Deer. The Foothills contingent was first out of the gate registering on March 7 with Canadian Rockies chair Kim Bater and Black Gold trustee Lori Bauckman running a close second registering one day later : March 8. Check out the session choices. And register here.
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Conference Sept 30 to Oct 2
Time for a Student Health Revolution
Join national and international leaders in the field of children’s health at the ASBA’s Time for a Student Health Revolution conference in Banff Sept. 30 to Oct. 2. Speakers include Globe and Mail public health reporter André Picard; Dr. Mark Tremblay, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario; Dr. Bruce Perry, Child Trauma Academy, Houston and Dr. Kim Raine, University of Alberta. Program and registration info
here.
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What's new @ www.asba.ab.ca
Labour data
Total compensation for teachers in Alberta (PDF–18K)
Published: May 5, 2012
Jobs
Superintendent of Schools
Chilliwack School District #33 (PDF–97K)
Closing date: May 11, 2012
Superintendent/Secretary Treasurer
Central Coast School District #49 (PDF–54K)
Closing date: May 11, 2012
Deputy Superintendent, Learning Services
Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District #68 (PDF–171K)
Closing date: May 25, 2012
Altario School Principal
Prairie Land Regional Division (PDF–32K)
Will remain
open until a suitable candidate is found
Youngstown School Principal
Prairie Land Regional Division (PDF–32K)
Will remain open until a suitable candidate is found
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In the news...
Each day the ASBA posts education headlines
on the ASBA website.
Recent headlines
School to mediate over Jesus T-shirt
05/04/2012, The Calgary Herald
Autistic boy's mother feels
pressured by school to up Ritalin dose
05/03/2012, The CBC News
Manitoba to require school board codes of conduct
05/03/2012, The Winnipeg Free Press
New York limits teacher-student contact on social media
05/01/2012, The Medicine Hat News
Schools teach empathy to fight bullying
04/25/2012, The Globe and Mail
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